Monday 20 October 1941 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 02:422:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:2011:20 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 101 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:037:03 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0312:03 PM
Vaidhṛti gives way to Viṣkambha.
Noon
12:4312:43 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 20 m.
sunrise to sunrise
The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.
Day sunrise to sunset
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
07:037:03 AM to 31:037:03 AM+1
Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā | 23:2011:20 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 27:58 03:583:58 AM Tue | Svātī |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 12:0312:03 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 13:031:03 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:03 07:037:03 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:475:47 AM | 07:037:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:037:03 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 09:529:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:051:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:051:05 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:441:44 PM | 15:103:10 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:501:50 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:323:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:362:36 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:213:21 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:064:06 PM | 18:226:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:226:22 PM | 20:048:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:226:22 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:226:22 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1610:16 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1912:19 AM+1 | 25:071:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |